Dirty Money? Controversial Chemical BPA Found on Dollar Bills

A report (pdf) by the Washington Toxics Coalition found that the potentially harmful plastic chemical Bisphenol A is present in low levels on most money and about half of thermal paper receipts tested in a small study. As many researchers are concerned about the possible health effects of the hormone-disrupting chemical, this new evidence of BPA's ubiquity in our modern lives is setting off new alarms.